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roelofjan-elsinga/url-language-extractor
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0.2.1(3y ago)11.4k↓50%[1 PRs](https://github.com/roelofjan-elsinga/url-language-extractor/pulls)MITPHP

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URL Language extractor
======================

[](#url-language-extractor)

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This package helps you to resolve the language in a URL.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- php ^7.4 || >=8.0

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

You can require the package through Composer.

```
composer require roelofjan-elsinga/url-language-extractor
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

You can extract the language from the URL by using the following code:

```
$short_code = LanguageExtractor::forUrl('/page/en/content-page')
    ->setAcceptedShortCodes(['en', 'nl', 'es', 'fr'])
    ->extract();

print $short_code; // 'en'
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Do you want to contribute to this project? Great! You can contribute by working on the following things:

- Adding additional ways to detect a language from a URL
- Writing tests to detect edge cases
- Filing issues for new features or bugs

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

You can run tests by running `vendor/bin/phpunit` in your terminal.

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance30

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~357 days

Total

4

Last Release

1383d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.1PHP ^7.2

0.2.0PHP ^7.4 || >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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